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For any iOS users that want a self hosted photo backup I can very much recommend https://www.photosync-app.com/. I set it up once years ago, never open it and still it silently backups any photo and video (original and edited) I take to WebDAV and a B2 bucket in the background, sorted in subfolders for every month.

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Does it Live Photo? That’s generally the sticking point I’ve run into on any service but iCloud to do it right.

Live Photos are saved as a .heic and a .mov file.

Nextcloud now has Live Photo support

another +1 for photosync. bought it a few years ago now and it just works in the background reliably ever since. (backing up mine and my wife’s iphone photos to a synology NAS)

It’s only good for backups though. There’s no way to browse/share memories so we reluctantly still also use Amazon photos...

Why don't you use DS Photo from Synology? It's a bit dated but you can have auto upload of pictures and browse PhotoStation. We do, at home

Thanks. Yeah I might give it a try, but...

1. It’s still a kind of vendor lock-in that I’m not crazy about

2. I’m generally underwhelmed by the synology apps (eg music) and prefer docker based foss alternatives when available

3. I was reading somewhere about DS moments (after another mention on this post) and I think they require a special folder structure?

1. Yeah i understand. Something more free/libre would have been a better choice. On the other hand I also like that it's quite "complete" so i don't have a lot of chances of screwing it up

2. Yeah, I only use DS Photo for backup / browsing on my phone. And Drive to replace Dropbox.

3. Not entirely sure about DS moments, as i use Photostation. In there it's basically each folder is an album (or sub/album).

True, PhotoSync is definitely a back-up solution, to be used alongside a browsing solution.

How do you talk to webdav ? what client ?

PhotoSync talks to WebDAV natively. When I want to access those backups from my Mac I use Forklift (https://binarynights.com/) but even Finder and Windows Explorer can browse WebDAV storage natively.

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